English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 6

ELA21.6.5

Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker’s rhetorical choices regarding point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Speakers make specific rhetorical choices in their presentations to convey meaning.
  • Rhetorical devices include point of view, purpose, personal anecdotes, and word choice.
  • Speakers develop the main idea of their presentation by including supporting details to further elaborate on the presentation's central meaning.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify a speaker's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
  • Explain why a speaker made particular rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
  • Evaluate how a speaker's rhetorical choices developed the central and supporting ideas of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • When creating and presenting a presentation, speakers make specific decisions about structure, format, and vocabulary to accurately convey their central idea.

Vocabulary

  • Central idea
  • Supporting idea
  • Recorded presentations
  • Live presentations
  • Rhetorical choices
  • Point of view
  • Purpose
  • Anecdotes
  • Figurative word meaning
  • Connotative word meaning
  • Technical word meaning
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